The Kitchen Pickleball vs Game Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Kitchen Pickleball
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The Kitchen was founded with a simple yet powerful idea: to create a home where pickleball players and enthusiasts could unite. What started as a passion project has grown into the world’s largest community of pickleball lovers, connecting players worldwide. From humble beginnings, The Kitchen has grown into something truly extraordinary—a place where players and fans find meaningful connections and shared experiences. Thank you for your unwavering support and for being an essential part of this incredible journey. Together, we are The Kitchen.
Game Maker
Organize pickleball games, find nearby courts, and connect with players. Create custom game formats, manage groups, and communicate with other players.
- Find nearby games and courts
- Connect with players by DUPR, age, gender
- Create private groups and chat
- Organize games with custom formats
- Scramble, Round Robin, King of the Court modes
- DUPR rating sessions
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Game Maker is made for pickleball — the one app you open before, during, and after every session. Find courts and players near you, set up games in seconds, run brackets, track your DUPR rating, and stay connected with the people you play with. Whether you're organizing your regular doubles group or chasing your next rating bump, Game Maker keeps your whole pickleball life in one place. Meet Pickles AI Just ask. Say "set up a private game Saturday morning at 9am with my advanced players group" and Pickles AI — with voice dictation — turns it into a real, confirmable game inside the app. Organizing play has never been this fast. Your games, on your Calendar Every game you create syncs straight to your iPhone's Calendar, including recurring sessions — so your schedule lives where you already look. Find your game • Discover nearby courts and players on the map • Filter by distance to find games that fit • Host or join games and manage invites Play & compete • Build round-robin and tournament brackets • Record match scores • Head-to-head history and leaderboards Track your progress • Connect your DUPR rating • See 90-day performance trends and match insights • Follow your improvement over time Stay connected • Add friends and create groups • Message the players you play with • Game Maker player indicators so you know who's on the app Play anywhere — now in 24 languages Game Maker automatically matches your device language, or pick from 24 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Turkish, and more. Download Game Maker and play more pickleball. By using Game Maker, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy: https://pickleball.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://pickleball.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Kitchen Pickleball at none against Game Maker's 4. Game Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Game Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Kitchen Pickleball asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Kitchen Pickleball ships an update every 3 weeks, Game Maker every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | The Kitchen Pickleball | Game Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PINGPOD INC | Pickleball TopCo LLC |
In-app purchases
The Kitchen Pickleball
No in-app purchases
Game Maker
- Monthly Access$4.991 Month
- Pro Monthly Access$19.991 Month
- Yearly Access$49.991 Year
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- Pro Annual Access$199.991 Year
Questions
Is The Kitchen Pickleball free?
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